Yoke-ring lock and rein guard



YOKE RING LOCK AND REIN GUARD Filed June 26, 1922 1a 2 Q q 4 9 1/ 15 J/To/ 16 5mm HUM/MI.

Patented July 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES EDWARD BROUGHAM, or PENNANT, SASKATCHEWAN, cANAna'AssIenoR or one HALF T JAMES 1?. Banana, or H-nN InoUae; sAsK Ton EwAucAnAnA,.

YQKE-BING ooK Ann REIN enAnn.

Application filed June 26, 1922. Serial No. 570,961,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD 'BROUGHAM, a resident of Pennant, in the; Province of- Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aYOkG-R-lllg. Locks and Rein Guards, of which the following. is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in yoke ring locks andrein guards, and

has for its objects to provide a means whereby the reins will be prevented from getting caught or tangled in the forward end of a tongue of a vehicle; to provide a means whereby the rein guard will also act as a ring lock; to provide a resilient member designed to be located at the forward end of a vehicle pole, the end of which is protected by means of a channel member carried by the pole.

Further objects are to provide a means whereby the ring lock, and rein guard is removable.

Still further objects are to provide an improved yoke ring lock and rein guard that is simp e in construction, not liable to go out of repair, and generally to adapt the several parts to better perform the functions required of them.

And it consists essentially of the improved construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specification and drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the forward end of the vehicle pole, equipped with the improved device.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a side view of the same, showing the improved device in section.

Figure 4 is a cross-section on the line 4-4:. Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a side elevation, showing in detail the improved rein guard.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the'channel member.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of an alternative form of rein guard, and ring look.

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings:

A represents a vehicle pole of usual construction, the forward end of which is formed on the u de fa e with. a recess 10 designed to engagea channel member 11. The cross limb of the channel member is designed. to beso "engaged bygthe recess' 1O that'it will be flush with the underside of the pole' A, andthe flanges 12 and '13 thereof will extend downwardly, as shown in Figures 2'and 4. V

The usual iron works B are provided comprising inthis case, a metallic member 14 designed to be slid over the forward end of theipolei A in between the two flanges 12 .and 13 of the channel member 11. A portion ofthe metallic member 14' engag ing the under-face of the pole' Ais formed adjacent to its end with a bend '15 provided with registering orifices.

A resilient member 16 is provided which is bent in wedge formation and has one of its bent ends 17 extending between the flanges 12 and 13 of the channel member 11. The remote end of the resilient member 16 is formed with a threaded stem 18 designed to extend through the orifice of the bend and engaged by a nut 19 bearing against the bend 15, in order to securely retain the resilient member 16 in position adjacent to the bend. 15 and in engagement with the flanges 12 and 13 of the channel member 11.

When a team of horses is being harnessed to a vehicle, the pole of which is equipped with this improved device, the yoke ring is forced between the metallic member 14 and the resilient member 16, the latter being forced downwardly in order that its extension 17 may be disengaged from the flanges 12 and 13 of the channel member 11, and thus allow a space in which the ring can be slid.

As soon as the ring has reached the free space between the resilient member 16 and the bend 15, the resilient member will spring upwardly in normal position and its extension 17 will bear against the underpart of the metallic member 14: between the flanges 12 and 13, and thus lock the ring in position on the pole.

The resilient member 16 being of wedge shape will prevent the reins from being caught and tangled on the forward end of the pole, which very often happens with the usual ring lock of the ordinary vehicle poles.

As soon as the rein comes in engagement with the resilient member 16, it will slide upwardly fQllQ iI g the inclined walliof the re cure the member 20 to the bend-15V of the iron Works B.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely dilferent embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A yoke ring lock and rein guard com.- prising, in combination, a wagon tongue formed with a recess on the underside, an inverted channel member adapted to fit into said recess, a tip for the tongue adapted to ing a tip thereon designed to engage with a 1 channel member in the underside of said tongue, of a double bend on the tip, a wedge of resilient material adapted atone end to engage the channel member and at the other end to engage the double bend, a yoke ring on the tongue between the wedge member and said. bend and whereby the wedge member forms a rein guard for the tongue.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BROUGHAN.

Vitnesses:

H. L. CATHREA, D. G. MCINTOSH. 

